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The Innocent

  • TV Movie
  • 20012001
  • 3h
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
65
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  • Drama
A happily married woman is shocked, when on her daughters birthday, her husband is accused of abusing her best friend. Did her friend and husband have an affair, or was she really abused?A happily married woman is shocked, when on her daughters birthday, her husband is accused of abusing her best friend. Did her friend and husband have an affair, or was she really abused?A happily married woman is shocked, when on her daughters birthday, her husband is accused of abusing her best friend. Did her friend and husband have an affair, or was she really abused?
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
65
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Sarah Harding
  • Writers
    • Jan McVerry(part one)
    • Stephen Mallatratt(part two)
  • Stars
    • Caroline Quentin
    • Paul Rhys
    • Clare Holman
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  • Director
    • Sarah Harding
  • Writers
    • Jan McVerry(part one)
    • Stephen Mallatratt(part two)
  • Stars
    • Caroline Quentin
    • Paul Rhys
    • Clare Holman
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Caroline Quentin
    Caroline Quentin
    • Beth Pastorovas Beth Pastorov
    Paul Rhys
    Paul Rhys
    • David Pastorovas David Pastorov
    Clare Holman
    Clare Holman
    • Alison Huntleyas Alison Huntley
    Peter O'Brien
    Peter O'Brien
    • Paul Huntleyas Paul Huntley
    Michael Cochrane
    Michael Cochrane
    • Harold Haigas Harold Haig
    Ben Miles
    Ben Miles
    • Brian Percivalas Brian Percival
    David Fleeshman
    David Fleeshman
    • Gareth Lloydas Gareth Lloyd
    Nicholas Fry
    • Simon Langas Simon Lang
    Ann Aris
    • Ellenas Ellen
    Nathaniel Burrage-Light
    • Oliver Pastorovas Oliver Pastorov
    Joe Chadwin
    • Tom Huntleyas Tom Huntley
    Susan Cookson
    • DC Morganas DC Morgan
    Madeleine Eglin
    • Annie Huntleyas Annie Huntley
    John Griffin
    • Maurice Horovitchas Maurice Horovitch
    Terence Harvey
    Terence Harvey
    • Dodds Trial Judgeas Dodds Trial Judge
    Randal Herley
    • Judge Alstonas Judge Alston
    Sarah Kirkman
    • Mrs. Farnellas Mrs. Farnell
    • (as Sarah Kirkman, Sarah Kirkham)
    Eleanor Lloyd-Davies
    • Scarlett Pastorovas Scarlett Pastorov
    • Director
      • Sarah Harding
    • Writers
      • Jan McVerry(part one)
      • Stephen Mallatratt(part two)
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    does all that is solid melt into air?
    In movies or literature, let's face it, hard task is denouncing, say, the death penalty by using an innocent man or woman as a protagonist. Accordingly, it couldn't be easy to indict malehood for the behaviour of one man. This picture's title is quite ironic, and Paul, the defendant in a case of alleged rape, actually calls himself 'Everyman' - explicitly. I reckon that Allison, the plaintiff, Beth, the defendant's wife and Allison's best friend, as well as filmmaker Sarah Harding, do so - implicitly. But is sex indeed so abject an instinct? this film approaches a difficult subject, involving rape, the disinterested friendship between two women, the feminine freedom to flirt around and the masculine obligation to contain any socially-incorrect erotic compulsion. I don't think David and Allison would take ten years to have sex for the first and last time in their lives. I don't think Beth's unconscious mind would take 10 years to an insight that her conscious mind obviously perceive long time ago. And what about the friendship between A and B? I definitely don't think that all that is solid does melt into air so suddenly. the film isn't bad in its court-controversy sub-genre, but definitely lacks dramatic or philosophical substance.
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    • jgcorrea
    • Jul 3, 2003

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    • Release date
      • January 7, 2001 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • As Faces da Verdade
    • Production company
      • Yorkshire Television (YTV)
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      3 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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